Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/20/99 8:07:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, walt@jove.acs.unt.edu writes: > Amateur radio has seen an EXPLOSION in "dealers".....people who > actively pursue equipment with ONLY the future deal in mind... > I'm sure we have those here, lurking, but they usually prefer to > buy from uninformed parties (CERTAINLY not the LUG...) so as to > maximize profits... An article in a recent issue of Wired Magazine comes to mind. Seems some young kid acting as a amateur radio dealer ripped off someone via the Net and got blown up by a letter bomb for his sins. Hope we never hear of anything like that in this forum. /Mitch